Alexander Shiplyuk, Director of the SB RAS Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, arrested on suspicion of treason, is accused of giving confidential data to China. writes about it Reuters citing sources familiar with the situation.
According to one of the sources, Shiplyuk, 56, may have transferred confidential data to the Chinese side at a scientific conference in 2017. At the same time, Shiplyuk insists that the information is not confidential.
“He was convinced that the information was not confidential and of his own innocence,” the source said.
Formerly Shiplyuk arrested in case of betrayal. The betrayal is also attributed to the institute’s principal investigator, Anatoly Maslov.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov during a briefing declarationthat there is no trend in arresting scientists for treason, and that the special services “fulfill their function”.